Eirenikon

by Gavin Bantock

Gavin Bantock's challenging new poem is written in the form of an Euclidean theorem. It sets forth a proposition, often in a sharply satirical and polemic vein, for world peace. Mr Bantock is `not afraid to think big, to stick out his neck, and to write of man's fragile vanity', as Kevin Crossley-Holland wrote of `Juggernaut'. In `Eirenikon' his account of mankind's pollution both of the world and himself, is violent and disturbing; but it is finally a humanistic poem written for love of man - with vigour, humour, irony and a striking originality of style and method.

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1972